Snoop Dogg 'Flouts Smoking Ban'

Rapper Snoop Dogg found himself in trouble during a night out in New York on Saturday (13Mar10) - after allegedly flouting the city's anti-smoking laws by lighting up inside a club.The hip-hop star was enjoying an evening at Manhattan's M2 venue when he sent club bosses into a panic by sparking up a cigarette. Owner Joey Morrissey, who could incur a fine if patrons are caught smoking, is said to have approached the star and told him to put it out, while the rapper reportedly responded, "But it's just a cigarette." An onlooker tells the New York Post gossip column Page Six, "Normally he would get on the mike and rap, but he seemed depressed all night because he couldn't smoke."